Auguste PORTALIS (1801-1855) Magistrate, Député du VAR, then - Lot 475

Auguste PORTALIS (1801-1855) Magistrate, Député du VAR, then Député de SEINE-ET-MARNE. Autograph letter signed as Député de Seine-et-Marne, Conseiller à la Cour Royale de Paris. Paris, February 13, 1838. 1page in-4°. Curious request to the "Most Honorable and Illustrious President": "I'm afraid I'm making an indiscreet request... it's indeed for a good young magistrate, full of talent and rich in future, who combines his judicial abilities with the velocity and zeal of a tireless dancer; it's for Mr MEYNARD LE FRANC, Substitute Judge... What I am asking for him, who would be so happy to be in your salons with all that Paris contains that is notable and great, and who would see in this distraction a pledge of hope, is an invitation to the Ball..."